Erodium cicutarium
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Pieri 1808 as Geranium cicutariom)
Paxos
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherLefkada (Cufodontis 1936a as E. cicutarium)
! ! ... approved by field observationKalamos (Gutermann & al. 2014 as E. cicutarium subsp. cicutarium)
Kastos (Chousou-Polydouri 2005 as E. cicutarium subsp. cicutarium)
! ! ... approved by field observationIthaka (Markantonatou 1991 as E. cicutarium)
Echinades (Iliadou & al. 2014 as E. cicutarium)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCephalonia (Spreitzenhofer 1878 as E. cicutarium)
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherZakynthos (Margot & Reuter 1839 as E. cicutarium)
Strofades (Yannitsaros & al. 1995 as E. cicutarium)
Annotation: The polymorphic Erodium cicutarium on the Ionian Islands comprises a complex of variable populations, some of which exceed the known variability of subsp. cicutarium. Some mountain populations (e. g. on Corfu, Lefkada, or Ithaka), in part also those of lower elevations (as on Cephalonia), have extraordinarily large flowers (corolla twice as long as the calyx, petals up to 12 mm long, often contiguous) and long fruits (up to 6 cm), they often tend to grow in rosettes. They approach E. acaule (defined as a strictly acaulescent perennial) but at least some short basal internodes are usually developed on the main shoot. Others, from sandy beaches (e. g. on Corfu), show mericarps that miss a conspicuous furrow below the apical pit. Richer material and further investigations, also beyond the Ionian Islands, are necessary to understand the taxonomic importance of these variants. [2016-02-17]
Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")
linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:
PFB: | Erodium cicutarium |
FE: | Erodium cicutarium |
FE2: | volume not published |
AFE: | volume not published |
FH: | volume not published |
VPG: | Erodium cicutarium |